Mulcair right on corporate taxes
Greedy businessmen said cut their taxes and they would invest the money to “create jobs” and boost the economy. Harper gladly obliged them. What was the end result? Job prospects…
Ron Waller
NDP got hosed in Nova Scotia
With 46% of the vote, the Liberals probably deserved an outright majority in Tuesday’s election. But a landslide majority where they win almost two-thirds of the legislature? I don’t think…
Ranked ballot voting is automatic electoral cooperation
Thanks to opposition party vote splitting, Harper weaseled dozens of center-left seats in 2011 allowing him to win 100% of the power on 40% of the vote. One idea has…
Canada needs ranked ballot voting in federal elections
An editorial in the Toronto Star says Toronto needs a ranked ballot voting system in city elections. It says ensuring a candidate wins with over 50% of the vote is…
Ranked ballot will end Harper’s “vote marketing”
In today’s Globe and Mail, Jeffrey Simpson laments the sad state of Canadian politics since Harper came on the scene. The era of big-tent parties — who tried to win…
Harper would win election on less votes than Liberals
According to a poll from Forum Research, the Cons would win the election even though the Liberals have a 5 point lead! ThreeHundredEight.com gives the breakdown. National voting intentions Here’s…
Coalition of losers? Hardly
This week, the proposed Liberal/NDP coalition of 2008 is back in the news. Andrew Coyne claims the idea was “even crazier” than the US government shutdown. Ignatieff, promoting a book…
Harper’s empty boast on job creation
Harper brags his government created 750,000 jobs. But an analysis from the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab shows this focus on total employment is misplaced. Employment rate Most of the…
Political parties putting on the hard sell
Is it just me, or do politicians seem like televangelists these days? I’m starting to regret subscribing to the websites of various parties. Everyday my Inbox has more appeals for…
Harper to balance books on the backs of provinces
The Harper Government was pleased with a recent report from the PBO stating long term federal finances were “sustainable” with “substantial fiscal room.” But Harper didn’t seem to mind that…
Climate science denial reloaded
Break out the Champaign and gas-guzzling SUVs ’cause global warming is officially over! Now we can now burn up all the dirty tarsands oil we want and frack to our…
Germany shows proportional representation not perfect
One of the main selling points of PR is the idea that a party must get 50% of the vote to get majority power. This number is about 39% under…
Democracy Week flop
Today officially marks the end of “Democracy Week.” If you missed it, don’t feel bad. The commemoration received virtually no coverage in the corporate media. Our Chief Electoral Officer marked…
If we had ranked ballot in 2011, Harper would be gone
Many Canadians are unaware of how ridiculous our voting system is. We award seats to minority candidates and unfettered power to minority parties. This often saddles voters with the opposite…
Action Plans ads just as corrupt as you thought
Harper has spent over $100M of taxpayers’ money on “Economic Action Plan” advertising. These ubiquitous ads promote scaled-back spending, non-existing programs and a stimulus package that ended 3 years ago.…
Harper’s economic flim flam
Harper incessantly claims his top priority is “jobs and the economy.” So how exactly is he doing? Not so good according to Jeffrey Simpson of the Globe and Mail. One…
Unlock Democracy missing the key
A new electoral reform organization has come on the scene: Unlock Democracy Canada. Unfortunately, like Fair Vote Canada, they have decided to preach proportional representation instead of representing Canadians on…
The other 9/11…
Forty years ago today, a US-backed coup d’état in Chile would have much greater ramifications for the world than the terrorist attacks of a decade ago. General Pinochet not only…
In Canada, minority government is a theatre of the absurd
Elections can be burdensome on the public. Kathleen Wynne (Liberal): “Just received some good polling numbers. Time to threaten an election.” They cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. They…
Right-of-center forever
Thanks to our corrupt voting system, First-Past-the-Post, Canadians have been burdened with 30 years of tough Tory times. If we don’t do something about it, we’ll get saddled with 30…